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> - the otherwise unbelievable delays and pure misinformation by the Malaysian government. Stalling for time. Except that this is exactly how the Malaysian gov
by sleepyhead 13y ago
> - the otherwise unbelievable delays and pure misinformation by the Malaysian government. Stalling for time.
Except that this is exactly how the Malaysian government usually operates. I have lived there for a year and can tell you that the Malaysian government is incompetent. Also they are used to talking to the local media which they control (and who is also incompetent).
> the fact that they did not publicly do background checks on all passengers until recently. They already know who the hijacker is. Now that there is pressure because of elapsed time and that people are seeing holes in the story, they need to be seen to be doing something.
See above.
- Paddywack 13y agoOddly enough, I have lived there for a year as well. I agree that the government is incompetent, partly because of cronyism and largely because of terribly applied affirmative action. However, I did think that the enormous international support combined with international pressure would have helped mitigate this. They seem to respond well to international pressure - I always believed that most of their best achievements (of which there are a few) have come as a result of the perpetual pissing contest with neighbouring Singapore (not that I am sure Singapore even cares!).
- sleepyhead 13y agoMamak makes up for government incompetence.